Rice Murukku Food

MURUKKU RECIPE

Steps:

• You can use urad dal or roasted gram for this recipe. If using roasted gram, just blend 3 tbsps and use only 3 tbsps powder in the recipe.
• If using urad dal, dry roast 4 tbsps urad dal on a medium heat until lightly golden.
• Cool and make a fine powder. If the powder is not fine then sieve it.
• Use only 4 tbsp flour from this. You will be left with little more.
• Grease the murukku mould with little oil. Also grease the star shaped plate.
• Add 1 cup rice flour, 4 tbsps urad dal flour (or 3 tbsps roasted gram flour), ¾ tsp ajwain, salt, ¾ tsp sesame seeds to a bowl and mix well.
• Next heat 1 tbsp oil in a small pan and pour it to the flour. Mix well.
• Pour water little by little, just enough to make a smooth dough.
• Do not add too much water at one time. Too much water in the dough will make the murukku absorb lot of oil.
• Mix the flour to dough and do not knead. The dough has to be non sticky & without crumbs.
• After mixing the dough it has to be used immediately do not rest it otherwise murukku will absorb lot of oil.
• Heat oil in a kadai on a medium heat. (Pls refer to tips in the post intro)
• Fill the mould with dough.
• Press the mould to make spirals either on a cloth, butter paper, foil or flat holed ladle.
• Set the flame to medium high.
• Check if the oil is hot enough by dropping a small portion of the dough to the hot oil.
• The dough must not sink but has to rise steadily without browning. This is the right heat.
• If the oil is not hot enough murukku will turn soft after a day or two.
• Place the murukku laddle in the oil or remove the murukku and slide it gently to the hot oil.
• Fry until golden and crisp on a medium high flame.
• Drain them on a kitchen tissue to remove excess oil.
• Cool the murukku completely. Store murukku in a airtight jar.

RICE MURUKKU RECIPE | RICE CHAKLI | RICE FLOUR MURUKKU | RICE FLOUR CHAKLI

Steps:

• firstly, in a mixer jar take ¾ cup roasted gram dal and grind to fine powder.
• transfer the roasted gram dal powder to a sieve.
• add 3 cup rice flour and sieve the flour.
• also add ½ tsp chilli powder, 2 tbsp black sesame seeds, ½ tsp ajwain, pinch hing, ¾ tsp salt and 2 tbsp butter.
• crumble and mix well making sure the flour is moist.
• now add 1 cup hot water and mix well.
• press the flour with your hand making sure the flour is moist.
• cover and rest for 5 minutes.
• after 5 minutes, mix the flour again.
• add water as required and start to knead the dough.
• knead to a smooth and soft nonsticky dough.
• now take the star mold and fix it to the chakli maker.
• grease the chakli maker with some oil. this prevents the dough from sticking to the mold.
• furthermore, make a cylindrical shape out of dough and place the dough inside the maker.
• tighten the lid and start preparing chaklis on the steel plate. or you can use wet cloth or butter paper make small spiral shape chaklis by pressing. seal the ends so that it doesn't fall apart while deep frying.
• take one murukku at a time and slide it into the hot oil.
• flip the murukku and fry on low to medium flame till they turn crispy from both sides.
• furthermore, drain over a paper towel to remove excess oil.
• finally, once cooled enjoy instant chakli or store in an airtight container for 2 weeks.

RICE MURUKKU (MURUKULU, JANTIKALU)

Steps:

• Take all the ingredients except oil and water in a bowl and mix.
• Now add oil and mix with your fingertips, so oil is incorporated well.
• Next add little water at a time and keep kneading the dough till it comes together and becomes soft, non-sticky dough.
• Now grease the murukku press machine and dish with oil and feel it with prepared dough.
• Now on a chopping board or parchment paper, start shaping the murukku by making the swirls and pinch the end to seal.
• Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot slice few shaped ones carefully in and fry till they are slightly browned and crispy. Do turn them for even browning.
• Once ready, remove it using slotted spoon and place on paper towel lined plate.
• Let it cool down completely before storing or serving.

RICE MURUKKU

Steps:

• Soak the rice in water for 2 hours.
• Fry the dal in a pan without adding oil till brownish in colour.
• Make a fine powder out of it.
• Grind the rice to a fine paste without adding much water.
• (The rice paste should be thick).
• In a bowl, add the rice paste, 3 1/2 tsps.
• of Urad dal powder, salt and butter and knead well with your hand.
• In a clean muslin cloth, keep the mixed rice paste and cover well so that it does not dry up.
• Take a lemon sized ball and roll it into a circle by twisting the rice paste simultaneously in the cloth.
• About 2-3 concentric circles can be made in a single murukku.
• Make about 10-12 at a time before deep frying.
• Heat the oil well in a pan.
• Add about 5 murukkus at a time and deep fry.
• The fried murukkus should be golden in colour.
• Store in airtight containers for about a month.
• The size of a murukku can go up to 7 concentric circles about 20cm in diameter.